Picture storage and display cabinet



Feb. 22, 1938.

E. J. MORIN 2,109,433

PICTURE STORAGE AND DISPLAY CABINET Filed Aug. 4, 1936 Patented Feb. 22,1938 UNITED STATES groans orifice 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a cabinet for storing and displaying pictures,valuable papers, and the like, and has for its principal object theprovision of a means for the purpose stated that will adequately protectthe pictures, etc., while stored, and also providing means whereby thematerial may be readily displayed and examined.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of theclass described including a cabinet receptacle having grooved guidemeans in which are slidably mounted bars or posts can rying pivotallymounted plates or panels having clips or the like to which pictures,valuble papers, and the like may be secured, the bars or posts beingslidably mounted relatively to the cabinet receptacle, and the cabinetprovided with doors or other closures to protect the contents of thereceptacle during storage.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be foundillustrating the accom-t panying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the improved storage and displaycabinet;

Figure 2 is a sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 2-2 ofFigure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view on a plane indicated by the line3 3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 54 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail of the outer end of the groove guidemounted at the topx of the receptacle, and

Figure 6 is a similar view of the groove guide mounted at the bottom ofthe receptacle.

In the drawing similar reference characters are used to designatecorresponding parts in all of the views.

The device comprises a cabinet structure lll including a receptacleportion il having top and bottom walls I2 and i3, respectively,

Secured to the walls l2 and I3, respectively, are channeled guidemembers Ill and lila, respectively, said channeled members havinginturned anges I5 having their adjacent edges spaced from one anotherand providing elongated openings l5 admitting to the interior of saidguide members. Slidably mounted in said elongated openings I6 are barsor posts I? having their ends provided with laterally extended portionsI8 to prevent removal of the bars or posts through said elongatedopenings, but permitting sliding movement thereof in said guide members.rThe outer front ends of the guide members I3 have upwardly extendingflanges i9 forming lips, and the guide members If! are also provided AIiiih up- Wardly extending iianges 2i! also providing lips', the purposeof said lips i9 and 2t being to limit the outward movement of the barsor posts I'I relatively to the cabinet receptacle, except when said baror post is lifted over said lips in removing or replacing the members inthe groove guide.

Each bar or post Il is provided with two or more eyeleted pins, or screweyes 2|, and 22r designates plates or panels having angular pins securedin their edges and tting into the loops of eyeleted pins 2| and thushingedly mounting said plate or panel to a bar or post.

The plate or panel 22 in each instance is provided with a plurality ofclips or other holding means 23 to accommodate pictures, photographs,valuable papers, and the like for storage and display on said plate orpanel.

The open front of `the receptacle l I is provided with a suitableclosure which is shown in the drawing as hinged doors 24, 25 designatingthe hinges pivotally securing said doors to the walls of the receptacle.In the base of the receptacle is slidably mo-unted a drawer 26 that maybe utilized for any purpose desired.

It will be understood from the above description and the accompanyingdrawing that the cabinet may be made a desirable article of furnituresuitable for a drawing room, or an office or a mercantile establishment,and vmay if desired be mounted on legs or be supported on a table orstore counter or the like, and that the pictures or other material thatmay be displayed and secured to the plates or panels 22 may be readilyinspected when the doors 24 are opened by pulling the cabinet and itsmounting bar or post outwardly of the receptacle through the provisionshown in dotted lines in Figure 3 at which time the plates or panels maybe examined on opposite sides thereof by turning them from right to leftby means of the hinge connections 2 I-23. The edges of the inturnedflanges I5 will prevent the panels or plates interfering with oneanother in the receptacle, each plate or panel being kept substantiallyin alignment with the bar or post to which it is secured.

I claim as. my inventionz- A device of the class described comprising incombination with a cabinet provided with swinging doors, guidewaysmounted in said cabinet on the top and bottom walls thereof in opposedrelationship, said guideways being channel shaped and provided withinturned flanges spaced from each other and forming slots therebetween,Supporting members slidably mounted in said guideways in verticalparallel relationship to support display racks, said supporting membershaving enlarged ends to prevent removal of the members through saidslots, said supporting members being of a length to permit the lowerenlarged portions to engage the bases of the lower guideways and theupper enlarged portions to en'gage the anges of the upper guideways, thethickness of said enlarged portions being substantially less than theheight of said gudeways to provide a space between the enlarged portionsand the tops of the guideways, and said guideways having upturned endportions at their outer open ends forming spaces between said upturnedend portions and the tops of said guideways greater than the thicknessof the enlarged portions to permit said supporting members to be liftedand removed from said guideways.

EDWARD J. MORIN.

